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Childhood Obesity May Cause Future Heart Disease Epidemic

"A coming epidemic" is how pediatric cardiologists are describing the impending problems from high rates of juvenile obesity, reports The Missourian. Here are details for parents about overweight kids, heart disease and other concomitant health issues.

Kids Help Phone's professional counsellors are available for media interviews about body image in time for National ...

TORONTO , Feb. 6, 2012 /CNW/ - Kids Help Phone's professional counsellors have recently noted an anecdotal increase in calls from boys who are concerned with their body image.It's a topic often associated ...

Guide to heart health: work less, live longer; overweight kids; new valve procedure;

How people live -- stress, sleep, eat and exercise -- can affect their risk for heart disease, the nation's leading killer for women and men, according to the National Institutes of Health. Here's some of the latest thinking: Overtime may be a killer. Long hours on the job are a heart risk, along with smoking, bad cholesterol and high blood pressure.

Involving Family May Help Overweight Kids Change Habits

Title: Involving Family May Help Overweight Kids Change Habits Category: Health News Created: 1/24/2012 11:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 1/24/2012

Are dads to blame for unhealthy kids? New study shows obese fathers more likely to have overweight children

The Australian study, published in the International Journal of Obesity, looked at the weights of eight- and nine-year-old children from two-parent families where one parent was obese.

This is a public health emergency

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The Weight Loss Myth of Fad Diets

"Dieting" doesn't work. At best, it’s a temporary fix. A healthy weight loss plan will help teens meet diet and weight loss goals -- and stay there.

Hip hop, chess and Jiu-Jitsu featured at free event in San Jose on Saturday

On any given weekend, attending a chess tournament, a hip hop fest, or a martial arts competition in the Bay Area wouldn't be that unusual.Going to an event fusing all three is a different story.

Patrick's People: Teacher Get Students Moving

A St. Charles teacher is stepping up her efforts to get children moving. In Monday’s Patrick’s People, Patrick Clark shows us how her efforts are paving a path that many little feet are following to get up, out and exercise.

Letter Box

Thursday February 9, 2012 Learning from the Golden State Editor of the Reformer: We all know the saying "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

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